Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Five Restaurant Food Preparation Tips to Use At Home

By Malcolm J. Richmond

The majority of us love having fresh food prepared for us in a special way by someone who is talented in this field when we dine out at a restaurant. Nonetheless, as well as being a little on the expensive side, does being rushed through your meal because the restaurant needs your table for the next diners or having your meal interrupted by waiters or waitresses spoil the occasion slightly? If so, do you know that it's possible to enjoy just as good a dining experience in your own home? Well, it is and here are five tips to turn your kitchen into a kitchen of delight.

Tip One: Labeling Make sure that everything in your kitchen is labeled. I think we have all at some point picked up something out of the refrigerator and wondered what it was. Spice labels are easily worn off and if you are not familiar with all the scents, you may find that you are adding basil when you wanted to add cilantro.

Tip Two: Clean, Sanitized and Safe Fine dining restaurants have impeccably clean kitchens. You would not walk into one of Gordon Ramsey's kitchens and find it a mess. Take the time to clean your kitchen; this is the place that you are preparing food for your self, family and friends. Making sure it is clean will help reduce any possible contamination to food that you are preparing.

A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place Just as in a restaurant kitchen you should keep raw food away from cooked food. Both these foodstuffs have their own place and this is another way of ensuring that food doesn't get contaminated.

Tip 4 - Make Sure Your Foodstuffs Are Fresh You will never find real chefs using packaged or pre-prepared foods. Only the best fresh produce will do, right down to the herbs and spices in their kitchens. With fresh food you will be able to produce flavorsome dishes to tickle your taste buds at the same time as giving your body the necessary nourishment it requires.

Tip 5 - Add a Little Flair With your kitchen spotlessly clean and full of fresh ingredients, be imaginative and add a little flair to your cooking by creating your own dishes instead of using cookery books and recipes. You can do this by trying difference combinations of foods and you never know; you may find you have hidden talents as far as your culinary skills are concerned.

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